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Article Excerpt
Archaeology in Practice. A Student Guide to Archaeological Analysis. Edited by Jane Balme and Alistair Paterson. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2005. ISBN 063123573-6 (hardback; GBP 55.00) 0631-23574-4 (paperback; GBP 19.99). Pp. xxv + 438.
Older generations of Australian archaeologists grew up with either Mulvaney's Guide to Field Techniques (1968) or with its successor (Connah 1983) as their introductory guide to archaeological practice. For them, at least, these handbooks will initially appear as the original model for this volume, especially as it contains two chapters recycled from the latter. This book is, however, significantly different, in part because it is intended for use beyond Australia. The style is more that of a textbook, the range of topics is wider and half the contributors are not Australian. The Australian perspective is, however, still evident, so that local practice--for once--moves into the mainstream...
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